plural fifties
1
: a number equal to five times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
fifties plural
: the numbers 50 to 59
specifically
: the years 50 to 59 in a lifetime or century
3
: a 50-dollar bill
fifty
adjective
fifty
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of fifty in a Sentence
She is in her fifties.
The bill for dinner came to $43, and she gave him a fifty.
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Only in her mid-fifties, Midge is busy and content in her life.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 May 2026
But the book’s most valuable chapter might be the one about Bradley’s teaching in the nineteen-fifties, the section that supplies her with her title.
—Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Stojka came to painting decades later, in her mid-fifties, with the mission of depicting life in the concentration camps.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Only in her mid-fifties, Midge is busy and content in her life.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 May 2026
But the book’s most valuable chapter might be the one about Bradley’s teaching in the nineteen-fifties, the section that supplies her with her title.
—Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Stojka came to painting decades later, in her mid-fifties, with the mission of depicting life in the concentration camps.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fifty
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“Fifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fifty. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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